Read this and you'll look smart. You don't have to be intelligent to impress people -- you just have to fake it. Here's a daily list of fascinating articles that will wow your friends, surprise your co-workers and make you seem sharp at a cocktail party or over the lunch counter....
- More people in England believe in aliens and UFOs than God. Fifty-four percent said they believed god exists while 58 percent said they would be more likely to visit a medium.
- Practice doesn't just make perfect -- apparently it makes genius. Scientists say it takes an individual 10,000 hours of practice to reach "genius" level.
- The first all-girl rock band in Saudi Arabia cannot perform in public, pose for album photos or practice openly in the country but their first single has become an underground hit.
- Every time one Connecticut inmate appears in court it costs the state at least $1,600 -- and Connecticut is not alone. As a cost-cutting measure, at least 11 states are opting to use teleconferencing between judges and inmates.
- Ad agencies for the auto industries are also being hard-hit by the economic slump -- and if the carmakers' they represent go belly-up they could be on the hook for tens of millions.
- Papa John's typically sells a whopping 500,000 pies on Thanksgiving eve -- and in an attempt to bolster sales the company is offering facebook users a buy-one-get-one-free deal if they become the pizza's chain friend on facebook.